Jay In Wrigley

Dan Davies new book - U of Chicago Press

This is my Friday update. I will not be taking questions at this time. 😁

Ordered. Thank you!

I think that’s the Weber Spur Trail? It definitely goes a long way. We’re always getting into trouble around there on our bikes. 😂

Mikel with a yellow, a jammy goal just over the line, yep… a standard scrap against Villa. This tracks. 😂 #Arsenal

Incredible story. Thank you for sharing.

Outline of leaves with a white background

Leaves on a light board. Seemed like a perfect encapsulation of winter.

Re: S&E I feel this true for our entire generation. Must have been our only exposure was on TV…?

Full moon with Wrigley Field in the foreground

Full moon, Friday the 13th, winter. Baseball is dormant but something is in the air.

Brooding sky with a bright orange light in the corner of a house bedroom

Feels like Danny Elfman is in charge of the seasons this year…

In the 90s when I lived in Cucamonga for a hot minute, I’d drive out of my way to get a peek of his statue there. Good fun.

Roses covered in snow

Yellow Mums covered in snow

And on that note… we will consider flower season over and Winter to be here. 🫠

That place is wild!

Three tall buildings in downtown Los Angeles.

Wild juxtaposition from a friend’s downtown LA condo: the opulent Ritz-Carlton and two abandoned as-yet-unfinished, graffiti covered residential towers.

Hesburgh Library mural aka Touchdown Jesus

Took a co-worker to South Bend for football last week, but the campus library is the one that remains undefeated.

Bring ‘er home!

Tip of the cap to the Dodgers and Mookie Betts for the World Series win. Mookie won’t stay at the (allegedly) haunted Pfister Hotel where I find myself this morning coincidentally. Gotta love baseball players and their never ending commitment to superstitions.

Hot Stove discussion for us: how many of the “awesome” WS of our youth would not be awesome if we had analytics and social media back then? I bet a lot of those WS actually kinda sucked if we’re honest. 😬 I should rewatch a bunch lol

Urban rat patrol?

Claire de lune? Now I’m really upset I’m not there. 😂

Do you think Kiké sleeps in those things? 😂

Oh man. He Helped define 80’s Village Voice and I always read his Artforum stuff. :(

I’ve started saying “sometimes you gotta let the egg hit the floor”. (Meaning, screw it, let it blow up and see what happens).

The alley always has a story. Take the alley more often.

Sometimes the sky is enough…

Autumn foliage, Chicago style.

I’ve logged back in to post Marcellus Williams poems. You can read a few here.

Tik Tok has entered the chat. 😂

Lessons for leaders, truly. Thanks for this.

Is that Big Gretch? 😉